TEAM

BOARD

  • Arda Nazerian

    Arda is a strategic communications advisor to corporations, start-ups and non-profits. A founding member of Columbia University’s graduate program in communications, she’s an adjunct professor at Queens College, and a board member of AGBU and AUA.

  • Tatiana Der Avedissian

    Tatiana is head of business development for Economist Impact's World Ocean Initiative and runs her own strategy consulting firm. She serves on the boards of Alkionides UK, Armenian Institute, Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network and UK-Cyprus Enterprise Council.

  • Linda Yepoyan

    Linda is Chief of Staff, Armenia operations, for H. Hovnanian Family Foundation. She serves on the board of the Foundation’s nonprofits, namely Birthright Armenia, Armenian Volunteer Corps, HIKEArmenia, Repat Armenia and TAP.

Meet the Team

  • Gayane Ayvazyan

    DIRECTOR

    Gayane is a PR, communications, and media relations professional with a wealth of experience in fostering international and local collaborations. Previously, she held key roles in managing PR and communications at the Republic of Armenia's Tourism Committee and the Tumo Center for Creative Technologies.

  • Nora Grigorian

    PROJECT COORDINATOR

    As a PR and communications specialist, Nora has led campaigns in education and culture. She is a contributing writer at EVN Report and has worked as a PR specialist at Renaissance Cultural and Intellectual Foundation and at AGBU Armenian Virtual College. Nora is a member of the Armenian PR Association.

  • Syuzanna Petrosyan

    DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

    Syuzanna was an associate director at the USC Institute of Armenian Studies, where she led international initiatives in the post-Soviet area. She is the co-founder of the Turkey-Armenia branch of the Olive Tree Initiative at University of California, an education program that takes students to conflict regions.